Bilski v. Kappos: Machine-or-Transformation Test Is Not the Sole Test for Patentability
By Yuri Mikulka, Thomas F. Zuber, and Benjamin C. Deming of Zuber & Taillieu LLP
In a long-awaited opinion, the U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the Federal Circuit Court’s ultimate holding in In Re Bilski, but held that the Federal Circuit’s machine-or-transformation test is not the sole test for patentability of a claimed process. Bilski v. Kappos, ___ U.S. ___, 2010 WL 2555192, No. 08-964 (June… More...

